This paper addresses women's empowerment in agriculture, innovations in its
measurement, and emerging evidence. We discuss the evolution of the conceptualization …

Maslow's needs theory proposes a hierarchy of needs and argues for their sequential
satisfaction. The theory has been very influential in development studies, in the …

While female labour force participation is on the decline in many parts of the developing
world, female participation in agriculture is increasing worldwide. Our review of the literature …

The link between bank trust and financial inclusion remains less explored despite the recent
emphasis on financial inclusion in the midst of significant declines in bank trust across the …

Does the political empowerment of women increase human development? Using equality of
access to schooling and health as indicators of pro-poor development policy and objective …

Introduction Women play an important role in maintaining household food security;
unfortunately, their food security is frequently neglected. This type of phenomenon has …

Global discourses have advocated women's empowerment as a means to reduce their
own's food insecurity, which is also key development challenges in Bangladesh. However …

We analyse the effect of entrepreneurship on subjective wellbeing in China. To do so, we
use four waves of the nationally representative China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) …

With increasing scholarly attention on child deprivation to understand its drivers and
potential policies needed for its alleviation, the discouraged borrower syndrome has …

This study endeavors to construct a model for prognosticating happiness by integrating an
encompassing theoretical framework and scrutinizing various happiness constructs. The …